Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 400 The mess

Europe, Constantinople.

For Zhu Zhanhe, what happened in the Ming Dynasty is actually not very important. For him now, as long as his family is okay, then it is okay.

Zhu Zhanhe's mentality has actually changed a lot now. He still focuses more on places other than the Ming Dynasty. First, because the Ming Dynasty is already in his pocket, and there is no possibility of any mistakes. .

The second reason is because he doesn't care.

Just as the Empress Dowager Zhang felt, Zhu Zhanhe just regarded the Ming Dynasty as a place where fallen leaves returned to their roots, so that he could have a place to be buried a hundred years later.

Of course, Zhu Zhanhe didn't care, but he would definitely let his father be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and it would be justified.

Moreover, he doesn't think about this now.

The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month (Note 1).

For the Central Plains, this day actually has no special meaning. It may be in some places, but it is estimated that most of the Central Plains will not think that the 25th of the twelfth lunar month has any special meaning.

But today is an extraordinary day for Europe.

Christmas, a festival that has been celebrated by the Roman Church since AD ​​336, is actually not recorded in the Bible, because this festival, which was first called the Christmas Day of Jesus by the Catholic Church and later called Christmas, actually originated in Rome. The birthday of the sun god of the empire.

But no matter what, Christmas, which is considered the day of the birth of Jesus, has been celebrated by the Roman Church since 336 AD. It also evolved into an important festival after the middle of the fifth century, and its significance is equivalent to the New Year in the Central Plains.

On this special holiday, even though it had just experienced the haze of war not long ago, the land of Europe was still full of joy, because the Ming army had not moved for half a month.

In other words, they have not suffered a defeat for half a month.

but.

This festival, which is of great significance to them, has no meaning to the Ming army. If there is one, there is only one.

Hurry up and win the battle before New Year's Eve and have a good New Year.

Principality of Athens, Athens.

Following another round of shelling, Mu Sheng raised his hand and waved in front of him to drive away the smoke generated when the artillery was fired. He took out the telescope in his arms and looked at the Parthenon, which was actually not that far away.

"Well done." Putting away the telescope, Mu Sheng patted his son's shoulder and turned to leave.

This battle of landing on the shoal and attacking Athens directly was directed by Mu Bin. Just as Zhu Zhanhe said before setting off, Mu Sheng gave his son a chance to practice.

Although the Principality of Athens is very weak, although it has little strength due to being suppressed by the Principality of Venice, and although the Principality of Athens has no desire to resist, for Mu Bin, this command was still a good experience.

However, if Zhu Zhanhe were here, he would definitely call Mu Sheng a pervert!
In fact, Mu Sheng has always had one characteristic, whether he was in Yunnan or later moved to the Suez area, that is, he would never give an order.

Massacre prisoners, civilians, and cities.

In other words, what Zhu Zhanhe often does, Mu Sheng cannot do.

When he was first in Yunnan, Mu Sheng was afraid of taking the blame. After all, no one dared to do this at that time, so Zhu Zhanhe, an outlier, killed wherever he went without caring about the world's eyes.

Later, he moved to the Suez area. Logically speaking, Mu Sheng no longer had to care about those worldly opinions. And since he had made up his mind to follow Zhu Zhanhe, integrating in was the better choice.

But Mu Sheng still would not give the order for the massacre.

This was different from when he was in Yunnan. Mu Sheng didn't know what was going on in Zhu Zhanhe's heart. He didn't know who was to be killed and who was not to be killed. Although there had been screening for circumcision before, Mu Sheng wanted to be safe. For the sake of safety, I will still wait for Zhu Zhanhe to make a decision.

Now he no longer cares about his reputation, but because he doesn't understand the language and doesn't know Zhu Zhanhe's thoughts, he is worried that he will kill the wrong person and ruin Zhu Zhanhe's plan.

Such a cautious and cautious person, but he took his son with him and forced him to issue an order for indiscriminate massacre while giving his son a war experience.

From the landing at the seaside to Athens, all the people I saw along the way, whether Europeans or Arabs, were killed by the Ming army. No one was left.

If there were any survivors, they must have escaped the Ming army's search.

Not only that, before arriving in Athens, it was the same on the islands of the Aegean Sea. The Ming army passed through like locusts, leaving no one behind.

News of the destruction of the capital of the Principality of Athens spread quickly, not only to Zhu Zhanhe in Constantinople, but also to the hands of the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire through the Principality of Achaia.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't think it was anything, but he just felt that Mu Bin didn't know whether he was lucky or unlucky.

The strength of the Principality of Athens was not very strong, and it was even more of a novice to the Ming army. However, due to the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire, the Principality of Venice withdrew its fleet from the expedition to the Principality of Athens.

Therefore, Mu Bin was unlucky. In this first naval battle, he did not encounter the expected enemy.

Call him lucky. This naval battle was his journey of experience. He didn't encounter the enemy he expected, so the effect of his experience was naturally much weaker.

But compared to the indifferent Zhu Zhanhe, the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire could not sit still.

Compared to Aachen, Rome was closer to the Adriatic Sea and could get news faster.

You must know that the fleet of the Principality of Venice has all returned to Hong Kong, waiting for the general offensive in the spring next year, so the news spread from the Principality of Achaia, and such a transmission route is destined to have no confidentiality at all.

Therefore, when the news reached Rome, the whole of Rome exploded instantly.

Receiving such news on this Christmas day is undoubtedly a huge blow to all Romans. The rulers on their side and the Holy See have just come up with a strategy. Before they can reverse the decline of Nicoburg, the enemy Take the opportunity to take it a step further.

As the first pope elected after the 60-year Great Schism in the Holy See, it stands to reason that Martin V should have unparalleled appeal, but in fact he is just a puppet introduced by the Holy Roman Empire to end the chaos in the Holy See. That’s all.

As a pope, he was just a puppet in front of the Holy Roman Empire. In front of the common people, he did not have much popularity, not even as good as the three concurrent popes who were deposed before him.

Suddenly, the voices of dissatisfaction with the Pope grew louder and louder, and for a time, Rome, a special city, went into riots on this special holiday, Christmas.

But, again, the class gap is huge.

After all, civilians are just civilians. Although after 60 years of division, the Holy See no longer has the same dominance as it did in the early Middle Ages. Let alone abolishing the monarch of a country, even the most ordinary call is a bit difficult.

But for the common people, the Holy See still dominates them, both mentally and physically.

What's more, this is Rome, the capital of the Papal State, how could the Holy See lose control of this place?
Roman church.

On this special day, the Roman church should have been packed with people, but Martin V drove everyone away and sat here alone.

He wants to find a way out of this predicament.

However, as a puppet launched by the Holy Roman Empire, who can he rely on?

The southern part of Europe has been occupied by the Ming army. France and England in the west are pulling each other's hair, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Mosque countries in the east are spitting at each other.

It seems that the only thing he can rely on is the Holy Roman Empire.

But if we continue to rely on the Holy Roman Empire, will it really be effective?

What Martin V didn't know was that his hard thinking and trying to find a few allies with the pope's last weak appeal was actually just wishful thinking.

Because apart from Rome, the whole of Europe is in chaos.

Western Europe.

Although the fierce English and French had a temporary truce because of Christmas, the people behind the scenes had never stopped thinking and were still thinking of ways to annex each other.

The people of England did not know that Charles VII was dead, and even no one in Western Europe knew that Charles VII was dead except Yolanda of Aragon and Queen Mary of the Kingdom of France.

However, through the propaganda of the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of France, news spread that Charles VII had found a strong ally and was about to block the English Channel.

Will this news cause any difficulties for the Ming army to occupy the English Channel in the future?Yolanda didn't care. She even hoped that the Ming army would cause more trouble, because her plan was originally for the whole of France.

Although the Ming army is an ally, it is only temporary. When the war is won, this ally will also be the enemy who carves up the cake of France.

Therefore, as long as the Ming army can contain the English, Yolanda's goal has been achieved. As for the efforts made by the Ming army and the cost, it has nothing to do with Yolanda.

Eastern Europe.

Qian Yong withdrew from the highlands along the Volga River, and when he retreated to the corner of the Volga River, he turned eastward toward Astrakhan.

As the former capital of the Golden Horde, Astrakhan is a very sensitive place, so Qian Yong's move instantly made the Golden Horde nervous.

And just when the Golden Horde focused all its attention on the Ming army, Yuri, who had returned to Mosk, finally made a move.

In history, Yuri won the battle for the throne and drove Basil II to the Golden Horde for refuge. This time, with the Ming army involved in the Golden Horde, Yuri naturally succeeded in one fell swoop.

During this special time of Christmas, the whole of Europe is in chaos.

　Note 1: I don’t know much about the Eastern and Western calendars. I don’t know much about the differences between the Eastern and Western calendars before and after the fifteenth century. Moreover, Europe alone has different calendars. I will unify them here and use the Eastern calendar.

　
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